So I am back on track after a few months of slacking as far as counting and weighing my foods. The weight was creeping up on me and I just can't let that happen again. I exercise 4 days a week and burn anywhere from 550-700 calories and every once in a while I do a fifth day. My question is I don't eat back my calories on ud's or dd's does not effect how Juddd works?
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It doesn't "usually" but of course some people do need to eat at least some of them back. I'd say try without for a bit and see what happens. If you need to eat them back, your body will tell you, and that's a good problem to have.

Doesn't the calculator on Dr. Johnson's site have different "settings" for amounts of exercise? I'm a newbie myself, but I would think that if you use those numbers (the ones that take your workouts into account), you'd be set and wouldn't have to "add back" anything.

I think the thumb-rule is, on the website, select one level lighter exercise than you do and begin there. DDs can, of course, go as low as you are comfortable - no shakes, no feeling weak, no brain-fog. UDs may be interesting: on UD we seek to break what Dr J calls the food stress response invoked on DD. So, if you start at one level and weight loss stalls or you don't feel a reasonable level of energy, I suggest you first try raising UD cals.

Hopefully some of our heavy exercisers will share what they have learned.

I get in about 1 1/2 hours a day of exercise 5 days a week. I use the 2nd setting, the one that indicates exercising 1 - 3 times a week. I never eat back my "exercise calories" but I am only burning probably 400-450 calories as I just walk 5 miles a day.

I think the thumb-rule is, on the website, select one level lighter exercise than you do and begin there. DDs can, of course, go as low as you are comfortable - no shakes, no feeling weak, no brain-fog. UDs may be interesting: on UD we seek to break what Dr J calls the food stress response invoked on DD. So, if you start at one level and weight loss stalls or you don't feel a reasonable level of energy, I suggest you first try raising UD cals.

Hopefully some of our heavy exercisers will share what they have learned.

Monica's experiences are probably more helpful, but I'll add mine as, perhaps, a more moderate exerciser that she. buttah, maybe this will interest you, too.

I exercise 3 to 4 times a week as much as an hour at a time. (I do T-Tapp and it's suggested we take every-other-day off.) My experience has been that as long as I exercise on UDs, my setting of "light exercise" on Dr. Johnson's calculator seems just right. If I try every day, or not alternating, or exercising on DDs, I'll need to change the calculator, or maybe do what Nancy is suggesting of raising UD cals.

Hope you'll join in on the exercise thread, KJ. So many JUDDDers just fascinated by each other's workouts - can't beat that!

It doesn't "usually" but of course some people do need to eat at least some of them back. I'd say try without for a bit and see what happens. If you need to eat them back, your body will tell you, and that's a good problem to have.

Yes, listen to your body! I'm one that needs to eat some of them back. I work out 5-7 (usually 7) days per week in some form or another - cardio (boot camp type), weights (body pump and my own workouts), ballet, pilates. I use the "light day" setting on the calculator, but have eaten more on occasion (don't think that is conducive to weight loss though ).

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